Here are my recommended news and lifestyle links from April and May 2019. Been pretty busy so no fun commentary this time. A few posts are sitting in the drafts folder waiting for me to get off my butt and finish them. In the meantime enjoy these links.
Links from February & March 2019
Society, Culture, Lifestyle, etc.
- Soldiers Allowed to Use Mobile Phones While Off Duty - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - National/Politics > National
- [Korea Encounters]Arbor Day and the reforestation of Korea
- S-Oil Pays Highest Wages in Korea - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - Business > Business
- Airports Corp. Teams Up with Larva for New Airport Kiosks | Be Korea-savvy
- Constitutional Court Overturns Abortion Ban - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - National/Politics > National
- 2019 Car-Free Pedestrian Street Extends to Daehak-ro and Gangnam-ro - Seoul Metropolitan Government
- Is China the Cause of South Korea's Waste Problem? | KOREA EXPOSÉ
- More than 200 chemical companies cheated on emissions-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- Blue Bottle Coffee arrives in Seoul on May 3-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- US agrees to defend Japan from cyberattacks : International : News : The Hankyoreh
- Legendary lineup comes together for DMZ music festival 2019
- This Is What ‘Gangnam Style’ Looked Like in 1904 ~ vintage everyday
- [News Focus] Trains run for 120 years - from Noryangjin to KTX era
- Park Na-rae explores stand-up comedy
- Hepatitis A cases surging in Seoul, surrounding areas
- KEB Hana Bank for Expats - Posts - Important note from KEB for iPhone users having trouble with bank certificates
- Nationality main factor in discrimination against foreigners
- [News Briefs] Year’s first flesh-eating bacteria found in Gyeonggi
- Woman jumps from high-speed train, must pay damages
- The History of Los Angeles’s Koreatown – ROK Drop
- Twice upon a time in the West
- 7-Eleven launches FedEx international letter service-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- [Photo] Son Heung-min wins Tottenham Hotspurs’ Player of the Season and Goal of the Season awards : International : News : The Hankyoreh
- Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Vietnamese refugees arrived in Busan 44 years ago today
- Official Opening of Seoul Metropolitan Archives, a Storage for Seoul’s Memories and Records - Seoul Metropolitan Government
- Where Your News Comes From: Korean Media Sources You Can Look Up | allkpop
- Journalist Shines Light on Barbaric Practice of Piglet Castration | Be Korea-savvy
- 'Police forced confession out of migrant worker'
- Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Incorrect claims by Kim Yong-jang about evacuation of US citizens from Kwangju before May 18
- [How-to] Accessing Korean Subs on a Non-Korean Account : korea
- Juul e-cigarettes to hit Korean stores tomorrow-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- How to Rent a Car For Foreigners in Korea | 10 Magazine Korea
- Andong Officials to Rescue Pet Pig Weighing 300 kg | Be Korea-savvy
- Police Drop Charge Against TV Anchor Over Mystery Accident - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - Entertainment > Entertainment
- S. Korean Customers ‘Disappointed’ by Blue Bottle Store’s Interior Design | Be Korea-savvy
- Fish cake? South Korea looking for new English name for 'eomuk'
- Gongdeok District In Seoul May Surprise You
- Cheap Air Seoul ticket allows unlimited flights between Korea and exciting destinations in Japan | SoraNews24 -Japan News-
- Flying Squirrel Discovered in Communications Equipment Recovering in Busan | Be Korea-savvy
- South Korean Student Organization Disburses Satire Leaflets of MoonNos, Avenger’s Thanos Parody, in Seoul and other Major Cities, Holds Candlelight Vigil Calling for the Resignation of Moon Jae-in - East Asia Research Center
- Seoul’s app will force cabbies to take customers-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- [theqoo] TOP 30 MOST FOLLOWED ACCOUNTS ON TWITTER KOREA ~ PANN좋아!
- KEB Hana Bank for Expats - Posts
- An awful start-up environment-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- [theqoo] THE KOREAN VERSION OF GAME OF THRONES, ASADAL CHRONICLES ~ PANN좋아!
- KEB Hana Bank for Expats - Posts
- Subtitle Translator in Spotlight After Parasite's Cannes Victory | Be Korea-savvy
- German recruiting website offers info in Korean
- Coal Museum Reopens After Extensive Renovations | Be Korea-savvy
- Ryan in Las Vegas: Kakao character attends US licensing festival
- Trans-peninsula DMZ Hiking Trail to Open in 2022 | Be Korea-savvy
- U2 to hold first Seoul concert in Dec.
- Global fans watch BTS' Wembley concert live through Naver's real-time video platform
K-pop related
- Blackpink's non-skippable ad on Spotify to increase streaming numbers? - K-POP, K-FANS
- [Herald Interview] Boosted by BTS and K-pop, Naver’s V Live challenges YouTube
- BTS concert at Wembley Stadium to be live-streamed through Naver's V Live
- Naver chooses 4 Asian countries as outposts for V Live service expansion
- Naver Aims to Expand V Live Streaming Platform with Abundant Contents | Be Korea-savvy
Tech, Business, etc.
- Naver news to be run by AI from tomorrow-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- Toss Card launched in Korea for online, offline purchases
- Google to operate data centers for cloud services in Seoul next year
- Naver app gets new landing page-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- US government publishes details on North Korea's HOPLIGHT malware | ZDNet
- KB latest bank group to partner with Naver-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- KB Kookmin Bank Introduces Palm Vein Recognition Service for Cash Withdrawals | Be Korea-savvy
- KT connects with Kakao Mobility-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- Kakao Map Adopts British Startup's Geo-coding System | Be Korea-savvy
- 네이버 음성합성 기술 진화...수십시간→4시간→30분 - ZDNet korea - Naver can reproduce a person's voice in text-to-speech with just 30 minutes of recording from the person. Reminds me of that scene in Mission Impossible
- 구글 클라우드 번역 api 활용 사례 – KEB 하나은행 – SPH - Neat example of KEB Hana Bank using a Google Translate API to add translations to a VR heads-up type phone display of locations around you
- LG Electronics to develop robot waiters | Yonhap News Agency
- Naver to Beef Up Cloud Computing Biz for Public, Financial Firms | Be Korea-savvy
- SK Telecom unveils AI speaker with display
- Google Play Points program now available in South Korea
- Naver goes green, and goes big, in cloud-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- Google Play introduces reward points in South Korea | ZDNet
- Hackers Distribute Malware Disguised as Gov't E-Mails - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - National/Politics > National
- Hyundai Motor to develop in-house translator for employees - 매일경제 영문뉴스 펄스(Pulse)
- Kartrider’s comeback driven by slacker status-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- S. Korean Telecom Providers Allegedly Engage in Discriminatory Acts Against Domestic Content Providers | Be Korea-savvy
- How Netflix Is Reshaping South Korean Entertainment | The Diplomat
- Naver Labs team rethinks the wheelchair-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- 맛집 리뷰앱 카카오플레이스, 카카오맵으로 통합 - ZDNet korea - Kakao Place, the standalone review app, is now being incorporated into Kakao Map. You may have noticed more restaurant reviews and photos in Kakao Map lately.
- Free Wi-Fi Service on 4,200 Buses Starting May 1 | Be Korea-savvy
- Samsung expands its AI lab in Montreal | ZDNet
- Korea handset exports decline by one-third-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- Bank groups zero in on AI
- Kakao Page seeks IPO, selects underwriters
- Naver under probe for leaking bloggers' personal information
- Shares of Kolon Life Science plunge on Invossa fiasco
- Hancom to lead ROK Army's OS migration
- North Korea debuts new Electricfish malware in Hidden Cobra campaigns | ZDNet
- Kakao fares better than Naver in first quarter
- Start-up market is booming, but exits are too few-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- Users in 50s most enthusiastic Youtube subscribers: data
- LG전자, 인공지능 홈로봇 'LG 클로이' 판매 개시 - ZDNet korea - Another AI robot, this time from LG, to replace the love of a parent
- MS 엣지, IE 탭 기능 품는다 - ZDNet korea - Microsoft's Edge browser may contain a special IE compatibility mode, similar to what Naver Whale (used to?) have. Also in English here:
- Microsoft launches Internet Explorer Mode for Edge | The Daily Swig
- [Behind the Brand: 1] Lotte inspired by a Goethe heroine; Naver helps us navigate
- 대기업 지정된 카카오, 무엇이 달라지나 - ZDNet korea - for a look at the business side of Kakao
- Introducing ‘Story’ – share candid moments safely, for a limited time : LINE official blog
- Samsung to benefit from Google's departure from Huawei
- (LEAD) Gov't to allow non-financial firms to offer mobile payment services overseas | Yonhap News Agency
- Startups abandon Pangyo Techno Valley
- Experts Call on Kakao and Naver to Stop Selling Apps on Their Own Platforms | Be Korea-savvy
- SK Telecom and Seoul government to install 5G ADAS on buses and cabs | ZDNet
- South Korea looks to own startups for growth, here are the top 5 in 2019 | ZDNet
- Google Accepts Corrective Measures for Terms of Service | Be Korea-savvy
- Tencent launches in-car WeChat with voice-recognition service | The Egg Company
- A Quick Guide to Non-Google Search & Display Ads in Asia
General Interest
- Escape the Algorithm! | The Art of Manliness - This talks about a lot of the way I feel towards Facebook, Twitter, etc. I make no secret of being a big fan of RSS. It's fine to use these SNS tools for friendly banter and community, but for actually following news and getting useful/valuable information, following a feed in whatever RSS reader you choose is the best way to go. I just wish more people would post their own tips in even a simple public blog. Too many great tips are shared on Twitter but get a limited audience and very little search traffic. That's one reason I try to post here rather than purely on Twitter even though half the stuff I post would suite a tweet just fine.
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